Presents the fundamental finance and accounting processes, methods, strategies and terminology necessary for engineers and engineering managers to interpret financial data properly - examining topics such as cost and break-even analysis, the time value of money, financial ratios and discounted cash flow techniques. The information is designed to enable engineers and project managers to prepare, appraise, evaluate and approve financial plans to accomplish specific departmental and company objectives.
By:
Norman Henteleff (The Pennsylvania State University Malvern USA), Jae K. Shim Imprint: CRC Press Inc Country of Publication: United States Volume: v. 32 Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 21mm
Weight: 630g ISBN:9780824792718 ISBN 10: 0824792718 Series:What Every Engineer Should Know Pages: 262 Publication Date:20 October 1994 Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Further / Higher Education
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Undergraduate
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
Understanding the Financial Statements; Recording Financial Information and Accounting Conventions; Analyzing Financial Statements; Cost Concepts, Cost Behaviour, and Cost Accounting; Budgeting for Profit Planning; Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis and Leverage; Responsibility Accounting and Cost Control Through Standard Costs; Improving Divisional Performance; Relevant Costing in Nonroutine Decisions; Applying the Time Value of Money; Evaluating Capital Expenditure Projects; How Taxes Affect Business Decisions.